BTEC International Level 3 Business

Unit 18: Creative Promotion — assessment criteria

Learners study how creative promotion influences the buying decisions of customers, stimulates demand, creates brand personality, and promotes products and services.

Internal60 GLH12 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explore and illustrate how marketing communication aids creative product promotion.
A.P2Explain the importance of integrated marketing communication activity to contrasting businesses.
B.P3Explain the promotional mix used by contrasting businesses.
B.P4Illustrate and explain the influences on the promotional activities used by contrasting businesses.
C.P5Describe the target market for a product or service offered by a selected business.
C.P6Plan and prepare a costed promotional plan for a product or service for a selected business.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Analyse the effectiveness of the marketing communication activities of contrasting businesses.
B.M2Analyse the factors that influence the choice of promotional activity in contrasting businesses.
C.M3Assess the extent to which the proposed promotional plan meets both business and consumer needs.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Assess the extent to which promotional activity supports the achievement of promotional objectives for a selected business.
B.D2Evaluate the extent to which internal and external factors will influence the success of promotional activity.
C.D3Demonstrate individual self-management, research and initiative in the preparation and evaluation of a high-quality and creative plan for a promotional campaign.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExploreExplainIllustrateDescribePlanAnalyseAssessEvaluateDemonstrate
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Explore the role of integrated marketing communications in creative promotion
  • B. Review the effectiveness of the promotional mix used by different businesses
  • C.

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